Display apparatus



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H. F. 8v C. G.' ZIMMERLIN. DISPLAY APPARATUS.

No. 537,624. PatenteaApr. 16,1895.

INVENTORS:

P j 93W' ATTORNEY.

'TATES PATENT HARRY F. ZIMMERLIN AND CHARLES G. ZIMMERLIN, OF LYONS, NEWYORK.

DISPLAY APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 537,624, dated April16, 1895. Application filed February 2, 1895. Serial No. 537,147. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY F. ZIMMRRLIN and CHARLES G. ZIMMERLIN, ofLyons, in the county of Wayne, in the'State of New York, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Display Apparatus, of which thefollowing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,isafull,clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an apparatus designed chiefly to be used instores for displaying scytheblades.

The object of the invention is to provide an apparatus which shall besimple in construction,inexpensive in its manufacture and at the sametime possess the capacity of holding a plurality of blades in such aposition as to avoid cutting a person coming in contact with said bladesand which can be easily placed on the rack and removed therefrom whenrequired, and the invention consists in the novel construction andcombination of parts hereinafter described and specifically set forth inthe claim.

In the annexed drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of our improveddisplay apparatus. y

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a section of thepivotal connection between the standard and. rack. Fig. 4 is an enlargeddetail view of the top frame of the rack with one of the Scythe-bladeshung thereon; and Fig. 5 is a transverse section of the same.

Referring by reference letters to the drawings, -A- represents astandard which consists of an upright post provided with the legs-ct--awhich constitutes a common form as used in the construction ofchairs and tables. Said standard is provided with a socket -ain which isrevolubly supported the aforesaid rack on which are suspended the blades-b. The rack consists of the revoluble post -B- stepped in the aforesaidsocket and provided on its upper portion with the arms -c-con which ismounted an annular horizontal frame -G- which is the special feature ofthe invention. Said frame consists of an annular ring provided in itsouter periphery with a series of radial slots -d-dto receive the fangs-e--eof the blades. The inner periphery of the ring is formed with a rim-ctin which are formed another series of slots -d-cZ- radially in linewith the outer slots thereby arranging the same in pairs. The innerslots are for the reception of the lugs -e-c'- formed on the ends of thetangs. By said arrangement of the slots the blades are held in asuspended position edgewise inward thereby affording safety to a personcomingiu contact therewith as `aforesaid.

To the lower portion of the post -B- is secured a lateral support -fforthe lower ends of the blades. Said support consists of a disk formedpreferably of Wood against which the blades bear and are confinededgewise inward as aforesaid.

What we claim as ourl invention is In a display apparatus forScythe-blades, the combination With a suitable support or standard, of arack consisting of a Vertical post revoluble thereon, an annular framesecured to the upper portion of said post and having two series ofrecesses or slots arranged radially in pairs to support the blades in avertically suspended position and a disk secured to the lower portion ofthe post to support the lower ends of the blades as set forth and shown.

In testimonyA whereof we have hereunto signed our names this 8th day ofJanuary, 1895.

HARRY F. ZIMMERLIN. [n s] CHARLES G. ZIMMERLIN. [n s] Witnesses LUTHERS. LAKE, FRED. M. BARCALOW.

